A senior Papua New Guinea public servant says she has uncovered a big mistake in the 2016 National Budget, with Parliament approving expenditure of 14 billion kina, 10 billion less than was actually required.

Paul Flanagan, a former PNG treasury advisor and the current director of consultancy firm PNG economic, says that while a budgetary hole uncovered by former public servant Kessy Sawang is difficult to explain, it was most likely a mistake rather than a deliberate misappropriation.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has confronted Facebook's boss Mark Zuckerberg at the APEC summit in Lima complaining that while Facebook has given a voice to millions, it also carries misinformation and 'malicious lies' without accountability.

The host nation have bowed out of the FIFA Under 20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, but not before coach Lisa Cole's team brought the house down at Sir John Guise stadium with their first and only goal of the tournament from Nicolette Ageva.